<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[History belongs to the winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19351]]></link><description><![CDATA[History belongs to the winner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regardless of how this 'report' ranks New York, our city is the most generous jurisdiction in the country when it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regardless of how this 'report' ranks New York, our city is the most generous jurisdiction in the country when it comes to addressing the needs of at-risk and homeless citizens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one good thing about the antiques business is the more, the better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one good thing about the antiques business is the more, the better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23871]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48271]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14244]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55844]]></link><description><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky;  Not half ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky;  Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves,   When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward threatens when he is safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward threatens when he is safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1325]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my offer and shopped it around. It wasn't going to happen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all seem to be doing OK. Seventh-graders are seventh-graders and don't know to put their pants on right, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30353]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all seem to be doing OK. Seventh-graders are seventh-graders and don't know to put their pants on right, but we're taking care of that. It's a challenge for all of us to travel to Bowie only so far as we can't just walk out the back door and start working.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates. [Lat., Fingit equum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58750]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates. [Lat., Fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister  Ire viam qua monstret eques.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21177]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't always about adding resources, it's about ensuring your resources are appropriately allocated. It really elevates the focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't always about adding resources, it's about ensuring your resources are appropriately allocated. It really elevates the focus on professional development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34454]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning a liquor license and for city ordinances designed to regulate the sale of alcohol.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opportunity is there, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opportunity is there,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These bells have been anointed, And baptized with holy water! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4115]]></link><description><![CDATA[These bells have been anointed, And baptized with holy water!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59805]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it about the fact that it's people of short stature wrestling, that's when you're inviting the exploitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty begets license. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty begets license.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24157]]></link><description><![CDATA[If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No day is wholly unproductive of good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50145]]></link><description><![CDATA[No day is wholly unproductive of good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn over a new leaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn over a new leaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54420]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3974]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Minnesota, it's too many shots and too many chances. Once they got some pressure in our end, it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30824]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Minnesota, it's too many shots and too many chances. Once they got some pressure in our end, it was tough to overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rome was not built in a day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rome was not built in a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59048]]></link><description><![CDATA[My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43618]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its stall, then the fire-breathing union begins anew . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that which is denied us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50798]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that which is denied us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20240]]></link><description><![CDATA[How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called "It.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5778]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called "It.'']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use it or lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use it or lose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57544</guid></item></channel></rss>